Just refuting another reviewer's reasoning regarding Don's firing of Lane. Yes, it is probably true that Lane could take legal action and/or leave with the 50K he invested in SCDP. What the other reviewer didn't take into consideration, though, is that despite the personal strides Lane had taken to put behind him his childhood miseries -- i.e., being raised by an overbearing, domineering father who thought nothing of humiliating him and physically harming him -- this is one humiliation he literally could not live with. Lane staked everything on living in America, being a partner in SCDP, and always longed to be accepted by his colleagues. He destroyed his hopes for that. He could NOT in his mind return to England, much less under a cloud of shame (or pretense) and where his father would humiliate him further.
It is not only his upbringing that left Lane with no recourse but to kill himself, it is the fact that he is English. The English, particularly decades ago, are easily embarrassed and hate being embarrassed. Dishonor is impossible for the average Englishman to bear. Poor Lane. He really didn't stand a chance. I still miss him.
It is not only his upbringing that left Lane with no recourse but to kill himself, it is the fact that he is English. The English, particularly decades ago, are easily embarrassed and hate being embarrassed. Dishonor is impossible for the average Englishman to bear. Poor Lane. He really didn't stand a chance. I still miss him.